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a young girl looks at an eye glass chart in the distance.
Science & Technology
February 10, 2020 | 02:45 pm

Small eye movements are critical for 20/20 vision

When a patient fails an eye test, it’s not just structural defects in the eye that are to blame. New Rochester research show that small eye movements humans aren’t even aware of making play a large role in humans’ ability to see letters, numbers, and objects from a distance.

topics: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Michele Rucci, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
light shining on a square of etched metal in a lab setting.
Science & Technology
February 4, 2020 | 11:55 am

Lasers etch a ‘perfect’ solar energy absorber

The University of Rochester research lab that recently used lasers to create unsinkable metal structures has now demonstrated how the same technology could be used to create highly efficient solar power generators.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Materials Science Program, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
mother and child walking through a field during sunset.
Society & Culture
February 3, 2020 | 01:42 pm

Self-care linked to greater confidence in parents of children with FASD

A Rochester study is the first to describe caregiver strategies for self-care and the obstacles and barriers parents face in raising children struggling with developmental, cognitive, and behavioral problems associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

topics: child development, Christie Petrenko, Department of Psychology, featured-post-side, Mt. Hope Family Center, research finding, Warner School of Education,
Science & Technology
January 22, 2020 | 03:21 pm

New research unlocks clues about Earth’s magnetic field

Professor John Tarduno has analyzed zircon crystals collected from sites in Australia—the oldest known terrestrial materials—to construct a timeline of Earth’s magnetic field, finding that the field was stronger than previously believed.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, John Tarduno, planets, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
a classroom, where a teen sleeps with his head down on his desk
Society & Culture
January 8, 2020 | 01:13 pm

Parents aren’t powerless when it comes to sleep-deprived teenagers

Teenagers in the US don’t get enough shut eye, and the consequences of this epidemic of sleep deprivation are extensive. But researchers at the University of Rochester have found that a simple solution yields solid results: setting a bedtime and sticking to it.

topics: Department of Psychiatry, Department of Psychology, featured-post, Medical Center, research finding, Ronald Rogge, School of Arts and Sciences,
a bank of flashtubs ignites in the OMEGA laser
Science & Technology
December 2, 2019 | 12:14 pm

When laser beams meet plasma: New data addresses gap in fusion research

Rochester scientists at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics and their colleagues in California and France have directly demonstrated for the first time how laser beams modify the conditions of a plasma.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dustin Froula, featured-post-side, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Michael Campbell, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
portrait of three professors standing in front of a blackboard covered in equations.
Science & Technology
November 25, 2019 | 02:42 pm

Rochester cosmology group has all eyes on dark energy

Rochester’s newly formed cosmology group is at work to create the most detailed 3-D map of the universe ever seen.

topics: data science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, Regina Demina, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Segev BenZvi,
child sitting on a sofa, looking away, mother in the foreground, with her hands angrily on her hips
Society & Culture
November 18, 2019 | 04:17 pm

When do alcohol-dependent mothers parent harshly?

New Rochester research makes considerable progress towards understanding what triggers mothers with substance use disorders to treat their children harshly, and how parents and medical care providers can predict parenting difficulties.

topics: Department of Psychology, Melissa Sturge-Apple, parenting, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
two small metal discs submerged in a glass beaker filled with water, one stays sunk at the bottom, the other floats up to the surface
Science & Technology
November 6, 2019 | 02:04 pm

Superhydrophobic metal that won’t sink

Inspired by diving bell spiders and rafts of fire ants, Rochester researchers have created a metallic structure that is so water repellent, it refuses to sink—no matter how often it is forced into water or how much it is damaged.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Materials Science Program, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
person with their fingers crossed behind their back.
Society & Culture
November 1, 2019 | 11:55 am

How much do we lie when sex is on the brain?

A new study shows the extent to which people will change their own opinions to conform to a stranger’s, or lie about their number of past sexual partners, when the sexual systems of the brain have been activated.

topics: Department of Psychology, Harry Reis, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,